Degree in Information and Documentation (Distance Modality)
León, Spain
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: The University of León's Degree in Information and Documentation is offered in semipresencial and online modalities. It trains students in information management, knowledge organization, metadata, information retrieval, digital content and social media, digitization and digital preservation for memory institutions, and transparency and e‑government. You’ll get personalized support, Moodle teaching, internships, and international mobility programmes.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as librarian, archivist, records manager, information specialist, digital preservation specialist, knowledge manager, or digital content and social media manager in public administrations, cultural institutions and private companies. Roles include metadata, cataloguing, digital curation and records management, and information retrieval services.
About
The Degree in Information and Documentation of the University of León is a competitive degree and adapted to the demands of the knowledge society and is offered in the semipresencial and Online modalities.
The society of the 21st century generates a volume of information that grows exponentially and that needs to be selected and organized to achieve an effective use of it. The development of the so-called information society has enhanced the role that all tasks related to information management play within organizations. Therefore, more and more professionals in information and documentation trained and experienced in knowledge organization, treatment and effective information retrieval are demanded.
Information and Documentation therefore constitutes a strategic discipline in the knowledge society. Information professionals are experts in the management of internal and external information of an organization to make it a valuable asset. The Degree in Information and Documentation is oriented to the training of effective managers of the flow of information in public institutions or in private companies.
If you are interested in learning to
- Manage public and private information units and services.
- Manage the flow of information and knowledge in organizations and companies.
- Design digital content and manage social networks
- Develop digitalization projects in memory institutions to preserve and disseminate cultural and scientific content.
- Manage information related to transparency and e-government in public administrations
What we offer you
- Wide range of internships in public and private institutions.
- Personalized attention and follow-up of the student.
- Direct student-teacher interaction through the Moodle teaching platform.
- Training of versatile professionals adapted to the demands of a society in constant change.
- National and international mobility programs (Germany, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, United States, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Taiwan and Vietnam) .
TalentUnileon Scholarships
TalentUnileon scholarships are scholarships of excellence aimed at international students who wish to pursue their undergraduate, master's or doctoral studies at the University of León.
International students who have obtained an average grade of at least 8 points out of 10 in their studies prior to their bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree, respectively, will be eligible to benefit from this programme.
Within this call and within the framework of the Collaboration Agreement between the University of León and Santander Universities Spain of Banco Santander SA, this program includes scholarships in each modality that will have additional funding provided by Santander Universities and will be considered TalentUnileon-Santander Universities scholarships.
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